The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Orange County.
Brookfeld.

which looked very nice. Tables were
spread in front of the house and were
loaded with cakes, pies ice-cream and lem
onade The Brookfield cornet band was
present to enliven the occasion by its fine
music. ID. ID. Howe presented Mr.. and Mrs.
Kibbee with about twenty-five dollars
worth of useful articles as tokens of re-
membrance, which were thankfully received
by their son in their behalf At late hour
all departed, wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Kibbee a
long life and many returns of their marriage
anniversary. - Some farmers improved
the nice hay weather of last week by COM
mencing their haying. - The Good
Templars are soon to have a strawberry fes-
tival. - Mrs. w. L. Buck is somewhat
better, and it is now thought that she will
recover. - Miss Jennie Conland is sick
with diphtheria: - a. w. Freeman
gains rather slowly. - Mrs. Partridge of
Buffalo, \. Y, is visiting friends in town
Chelsea.
J. A. r. CoRwIN had family reunion
last Sunday, his children, numbering four
sons, two daughters and one daughter-in-
law, being all at home. - A. f. Mills
and family of st. Louis Mo-, are at j. B.
Atwood's. - Mabel f. Bacon has gone
to the Fabyan House, White Mountains,
mer. - Miss Bertha Rogers of Lowell
Mass. is at w. f. Hoods - Miss Hat
tie Hinckley and Mrs Prescott of Boston,
sisters of Hon. L. G. Hinckley, are at his
] lOuSt MISS Elld It DTOWH Is dt MIS-.
f. A. NJ Browns, having returned home
from her school at Faribault, MINI. -
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Whitney have returned to
their home at Calliope, Iowa. - Carl H.
Corwin graduated with high honors from
Dartmouth College last week. - Will
lam II. Puffer, formerly of this town, has
just graduated from St. Johnsbury Academy.
Corinth.
THE remains of Edmund Dearborn, wife
! and child which were buripd at Oupchee
some thirty years ago, have been disinterred
and brought to Corinth and buried in the
cemetery at the South Meadow. - Clin-
ton Carleton, who was injured at the
bridge at the Corner, has been suffering
the past week from his injuries - Lii
liam Fits and Kate Scribner are home on a
vacation. - The thermometer was way
up in the nineties nearly every day last
week. - A large number from this
place attended the Baptist quarterly meet
ing at East Orange last Sabbath. - Mrs.
Laura Mead, who has been very seriously
i'll for several weeks, has so far recovered
as to be able to be about the house. -
Mrs. Carrie Church of Hartford is visit
ing friends here. - Mrs. Caroline Fell
lows lost her pocket-book containing $50.
- Mrs. Samuel Flanders was taken
suddenly i'll with heart trouble recently
and remained unconscious for several hours.
3 Orange.
THERE was a Sunday-school picnic in the
grove near the church the Fourth. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. r. Metcalf and
Professor Alonzo Coriss. The old veteran
drum corps of Orange furnished good music
in their usual spirited style. - Quite a
number of the old neighbors of Judge r. f.
Patterson attended his funeral at Barre on
Wednesday of last week Judge Patterson
lived in Orange the greater part of his life,
and was much respected. - Mr.. and
}, Mrs. Tower (nee Corrie Lord) of Coventry
are visiting friends in town. - Mrs. G.
A. HoughtOn of Kansas City is spending
the summer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
. G.. X. Gale. - Farmers will commence
I, hayng this week. - Mrs. S. NJ. Coffin
has returned to Corinth to take care of Mrs.
Mead, who is very sick. - Miss Hattie
Cross has returned from Barre,
West Topsham.
THE village school, which was closed in
consequence of the diphtheria, will not be
;. resumed until some time in August, and
Il then there will be longer term than usual.
:, - There was a severe thunder-shower
; Saturday evening, accompanied by high
II wind, which broke down a large maple
;. shade tree in the village. No other damage
~ was done that we have learned. - There
y was no meeting last Sunday, in consequence
u of the absence of Elder Reynolds. -
o Quite number from this place attended
{, the quarterly meeting at East Orange
!; W. B. Carpenter has worked out his
u stock of hardwood logs into chair stock.
ne is ABOUT 10 erect Il steam mil Ill tnG
D Gore. - Charles Rogers has completed
!, his work at Meeker & Tubb's and gone
n home to assist his father in haying. -
u Smith & Tubbs have sold about thirty
g horses since they took their first carload
Is here in March, and are contemplating going
J. after another lot soon. - The hay cron
: is unusually large in this section.
s. Tunbridge.
e SEVERAL people were prostrated by the
heat last Thursday q
y money is being saved to the taxpayers this
n year by the road-machine. - The school
If in district No. Is closed last Friday. The
rs teacher, Miss Carrie Drew, is a most excel
e lent instructor of the young, and it is hoped
y that she will be engaged to teach here the
% remainder OF the year - The lndepend
l. ent Order of Good Templars are to have a
'r large meeting here August 9th, it is ex
A. pected. - The Young Woman's Chris
al tian Temperance Union meets at Mrs j. NJ
II Kibby's next Saturday at two p. NJ. -
le Some of the schools will not close before
g. the last of the month. - There were
l. tire-crackers and torpedoes for the boys, a
n lawn party at the South Village and picnic
n in Buzzell's woods for all the Fourth
- w. b. Wills is now in NJ. S. Adams
& Co. S mills at South Royalton. - c
ID. Gay has returned from Florida. -
The Strafford road " has been put in good
repair 1t needed the repairs. - Whit
ney Post has special matters to deal witt
e next Saturday evening. a full attendance
J, is desired. - y petition is out for a road
IS through George Webster's field The Ran
h dolph authorities will not lay out their por
: tion of it and therefore the court is to hear
,r from the petitioners. The road is needed
N and will probably be built. - Some who
ie opposed the buying of the first road
(. machine now favor the buying of another
one. 60 G. +. Farnham was thrown from
a load of hay and badly hurt Saturday even
T. ing. His horse ran away, and before Mr.
% Farnham could get hold of the lines swung
n into the road leading to the Playground and
tipped the load of hay over.
North Tunbridge.
'e REV. S. a. PARKER will preach here in
n the Universalst church next Sunday fore
le noon at the usual hour.
la Williamstown.
II AN enterprsing map-making firm in Bos
e ton has recently improved its map of New
rt England by the addition of the Williams
10 town railroad. 1t has been looking to some
e of late as If this road(?) after all would
d have to take place beside the sea serpent
IS but let no one despair. Our commissioners
q went to st. Albans last Friday to meet ex-
,t Governor Smith, but failed to make any
y trade. The town, when it voted last season
l. TO aid in the building of this road, made the
l. duties OF these commissioners few and
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